Safe ride is top rule of the road
Whether hosting a blessing for bike riders in the area or gathering for meet-and-greet sessions, members of the Suffolk chapter of the Christian Motorcyclists Association get together just about...
View ArticleNew Hampton trial date set in homicide of woman gunned down in parking lot
HAMPTON — A Newport News man charged with shooting his girlfriend in a Hampton parking lot will stand trial early next year. Brandon Lee-Davis Berkley, 27, is charged with murder and a firearm charge...
View ArticleCalifornia man arrested in connection to Idaho homicides
A fourth arrest has been made in connection to a double homicide in southwestern Idaho in what authorities say is a contract killing. The Boise Police Department in a statement Wednesday said...
View ArticleTwo charged with murder, robbery in girl’s St. Paul shooting death; 2 more...
Prosecutors charged two people Tuesday with murder and robbery in the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old girl in St. Paul’s Payne-Phalen neighborhood. Samantha Burnette (Courtesy photo) Samantha Burnette...
View ArticleMan indicted in Hampton homicide investigation
HAMPTON— A 28-year-old Hampton man was indicted Wednesday on charges in connection with an October 2013 homicide in Hampton, a police spokeswoman said. Kenard M. Collins, of the...
View Article2 men, 4 teens charged in Hampton carjacking of 70-year-old man, police say
HAMPTON— Two men and four teenagers were arrested and charged in the carjacking of a 70-year-old man earlier this week, according to police. Officers were called to the 2500 block of Shell Road at...
View ArticleDefendant to take the stand when Newport News trial resumes
NEWPORT NEWS — The prosecution rested its case Wednesday against a man charged with killing two teens in 2008. Floyd Taybron, 22, is charged with killing Barry Eugene Richardson, 16, of Newport News,...
View ArticleHampton man arrested, believed to be involved in four Peninsula bank robberies
A Hampton man was arrested Friday, believed to be behind four robberies at banks in Hampton, Newport News and York County in recent months, officials said. Reginald Vann Robinson, 51, of the...
View ArticleJudge sentences man to 30 years in Hampton homicide
HAMPTON — A judge sentenced a Newport News man to 30 years in prison Tuesday for killing a father of two last year. Substitute Judge Dean Sword Jr. sentenced Brandon Coles to 30 years in prison in the...
View ArticleMental evaluation ordered for Hampton man charged in deaths
HAMPTON — A mental-competency evaluation was ordered Tuesday for a man charged with killing two men outside the White Oak Lodge last year. Rahmeal Latrey Perry, 18, of Hampton, is charged with two...
View ArticleHomicide jury trial set to begin in Hampton
HAMPTON — A jury trial is scheduled to begin Wednesday morning in the shooting death of a man killed last year outside a restaurant. Patrick...
View ArticleFaith transcends violence of Hampton slaying
Two families wept and prayed together in a witness room after the guilty verdict was read. For one woman, the June 25 verdict brought justice for her slain son's life. The other woman had to say...
View ArticleNewport News man found guilty in 2008 double slaying; jury recommends two...
NEWPORT NEWS — A Newport News man was found guilty in the slayings of two teenagers shot dead on 35th Street six years ago, with the jury recommending he get two life terms plus 23 years. Following a...
View ArticleA mother describes her grief on the witness stand in Hampton
Phyllis Rodriguez is fighting a battle every day as she lives without her slain son. It's been nearly two years since 19-year-old Bartholomew Kyle Robinson was shot to death on Seldendale Drive in...
View ArticleJailhouse informant: Newport News man admitted killing
NEWPORT NEWS — A jailhouse informant in a Newport News murder case testified Wednesday that Marcus Tyrone Williams told him at the Newport News City Jail in 2012 that he and another man opened fire on...
View ArticleNewport News man gets 12 years in Hampton murder
HAMPTON — A Newport News man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Friday for a 2014 shooting in Hampton in which a bystander was killed following an argument over a dice game. In a plea agreement,...
View ArticleNewport News man found guilty of two murders
NEWPORT NEWS — A Newport News man was found guilty in the slayings of two teenagers shot dead on 35th Street six years ago, with the jury recommending he get two life terms plus 23 years. Following a...
View ArticleNewport News double homicide trial slated to begin Tuesday
NEWPORT NEWS — A murder trial is scheduled to begin Tuesday for a Hampton man charged with killing two teens in 2008. Floyd Taybron, 21, is charged with killing Barry Eugene Richardson, 16, and...
View ArticleWoman charged with murder, neglect after unattended toddler dies
HAMPTON— A 31-year-old Hampton woman was arrested and charged Thursday in connection to the death of a toddler earlier this week, according to a York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office news release. York County...
View ArticleFederal prosecutors recognized for Somali pirate case
Four federal prosecutors were recently given Attorney General Awards for their work securing convictions in several Somali pirates' cases, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office...
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